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GRAIN BINDER.

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GRAIN BINDER.

No. 350,965. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

IIVI/EA/TOR @Jk flaw HENRY D. V. BAILEY, OF CANTON, OHIO.

GRAIN-B|NDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,965, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed July 30, 1883. Serial No.102,377.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY D. W.BA1LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Binding Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in grain-binders.

The object is to provide improved mechanism for actuating the parts.

with these ends in View my invention consists in providing a single reciprocating bar adapted at one of its ends to an actuating mechanism and bifurcated at the other end, one prong of which is adapted to actuate the knotter and cord-holder, the other prong mounted with devices for severing the cord and discharging it from the knotter.

My invention further consists in mounting the binder-arm on the packershat't and operating it continuously.

My invention further consists in a case secured to the frame of the machine and encircling the tying mechanism, and a breastplate secured to and supported from. said case.

lVith these objects in view my invention relates to and consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective of my improved grainbinder with the detail of the working parts concealed; Fig. 2, same view with working parts disclosed. Fig. 3 is a view of the body of the cordholder and actuating-lever, showing the manner of receiving and holding the cord. Fig. 4 is a view of the cord-holder and lever in position in the yielding frame, with aetuatinglever reversed and the cord passed into the holder. Fig. 5 is a view of the rack and pinion which operates the shaft carrying the binder and packing arms. Fig. 6 is a de tached view,in perspective, of the forked part of the reciprocating bar and the knotter-pin- Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of the wheel \V. and Fig. 8 is a similar view of asection of said wheel,showing the tripping-lever.

F is an upright section of the binder-frame, by which it may be attached to a harvester- (No model.)

frame, and isvalso a support for the case F", inclosing the cam-gear. F is a horizontal arm extending from the case F to a point over and above the binder-table, and is a support for the tying and holding devices. These three members constitute the binder-frame and may be integral. The wheel \V is keyed to the shaft S, and on its face is provided an annular groove, w, and a cam-groove, w, and w. The annular groove is formed near the rim of the wheel W by the raised ribs '10 and 10". The cam-groove is formed in two sections by the ribs 10, w", w, and '10", and communicates with the annular groove at the points 10 and w on a radius of about one-half of the radius of the annular groove. The rib w is cut away at its outer end and a switch, Q, inserted, the front end of which extends across the path of the annular groove or closes the entrance to the cam groove, as the case may be. The cam-groove reciprocates the bar A. The roller entering the part 10 will be carried to w,rnoving the bar A to the right,when the movement of the bar will be reversed by the part w, which will return the roller to the annular groove and the bar A to the place of beginning. I do not wish to confine myself to this method of reciprocating the bar A, as it may be recip'rocated by any other well-known method. At the entrance of the part is a switch, Q, pivoted near its center to the canrwheel at a point near thejuncture of the annular groove and outer wall, 10 of the part 20, these walls being cut away for the reception of the switch. Thus it will be seen that the switch will not only close the camgroove andat this time form a part of the innor wall of the annular groove, but will open the cam-groove and at this time form part of the outer wall of the cam-groove, and cause the friction-roller on the end of bar A to pass into the cam-groove.

Bearing against the heel of the switch Q is one end of a stiff spring, q, which latter lies in the space between the outer wall of the camgroove and the inner wall of the annular groove. This spring is rigidly secured at its opposite end to the caurwheel, and operatesto hold the switch in a position to close the cam-groove and open the annular groove.

To the heel end of the switch Q is j ournaled the roller'q,which latter rests within an opening formed in the web or body of the cam-.

wheel. This opening is slightly larger than the roller, for the purpose of permitting the roller to move toward the periphery of the cam-wheel and the edge or periphery of said cam-wheelis cut away to permit the roller q to project beyond the same. WVhen the camgroove is closed, this frictionroller projects a short distance beyond the periphery of the cam-wheel, (which is somewhat smaller than the case F",) and when the sheaf is sized this roller q is forced inward and the camgroove opened, as shown in Fig. 2, by afinger, 3 ,which forms a part of lever, v pivoted to the inside of the case F, coming in contact with the roller and moving it inwardly. This lever g, which is bell-crank in shape, is pivoted at its elbow to the case, and is connected at its lower end to the tripping-lever y. This lever is also pivoted to the case F, and, projecting through an opening therein, extends over the binding-table into the gavel-receptaole. The grain, as it is packed against the springs O, rigidly secured to the lever y' and to the breast-plate O, elevates the lever g", which movement depresses the shorter arm of the lever 3 and moves the finger :1 onto the roller q.

The particular means shown and described for actuating lever 3 are the same as shown in my pending application, No. 108,97 5. The reciprocating bar A, by which the tying and holding devices, cord-cutter, and stripper, are operated, passes through a slot into the case F and may be provided at one of its ends with a slotted way, a, through which the shaft S passes and on which it is supported, and a pin or a pin and roller, a, adapted to the grooves on the wheel to. The othereud is bifurcated, oneprong of which is provided with a rack, a, to rotate the knotter, a'flange, (5, to engage with the delay-rim 7a, to arrest the rotary movement of the knotter K while the knife and stripper are in action, and a pin, a, to actuate the cord-holder by engagement with the lever h, Fig. 4, and the other prong with a knife, a, to sever the cord,and astripper, a, to strip the loop from the knotter. The case D, inclosing the tying and holding devices is hinged to the binder-frame, and is provided with a slot, d, which permits the binder arm to enter and pass over the knotter, and also a slot, (1, through which the lower prong of the reciprocating bar enters and is a protection to the tying and holding devices and a. support to the breast-plate 0.

Attached to the main shaft S is a crank, S, which hasapitman, p,connecting with the rack R, which moves in a way formed by the brackets 1'1 and engages with a pinion, s, on the end of the shaft S". This shaft is-supported at the pinion end by the bracket m, the other end by the binder-table M, and carries 'the packing-arms N N N, one of which, N, car ries the binding-cord and acts as a binderarm. The packing-arms N all have the same general GODlJOlll,Wll3h their points in line, thus causing the entire line of packing-arms to pierce the grain simultaneously, separate it from heads to butts, carry forward and compact it upon the binder-table. This process continues without intermission, and when a sheaf of desired size has been deposited upon the binder-table it may be bound and discharged.

For the purpose of a vertical adjustment of the packing and binding arms, the pitman 1), connecting the crank S with the rack B, may be made adjustable.

Attached'to the base and on each side of the binder-arm are rollers c c, which as'the binder-arm comes forward, elevates the compressing-arnl C, (see Fig. 2,) which consists oftwo parallel bars pivoted at their stationary ends to the brackets which form the support for the binder-table. The opposite ends of the bars are united and turned downward to facilitate the discharge of the sheaf. The compressing-arm descends by its own weight as the binder-arm recedes. The cord-holder H rests on the bottom of the yielding springframe h In one end of the body there is provided a mortise, in which the lever It has a pivotal engagement, which latter is pivoted to the sides of the frame h. The lever h at its other end is provided with a slot adapted for the bar A the lever h is oscillated about the pivot h The lower or short end of the lever, by its connection with the body of the cordholder, imparts to it a slight longitudinal movement, by'which the cord is forced against the cheeks of the frame h and into the jaw of the holder, which consists of the body h, drawn down at one end and turned back on itself, forming the spring-arm h, the end 71 resting on the body forming a jaw, the point it" slightly turned up to receive the cord. The flange 7L5 is formed by cutting away the metal under the end of the spring, which has a lateral as well as a vertical movement. This lateral motion permits the jaw to be drawn toward the lip or flange 75, which projects above the upper surface, extends along the knotter side and forms part of the body h. This cord-holder moves in a way formed in the spring-frame h (see Fig. 4,) the'one side of which is the extension of an inverted-L shaped plate, which is attached to the overhanging arm F and permits the cord-holder to be drawn toward the knotter to supply the necessary cord to form the loop of the knot, and after the band ends are cut it returns the cord-holder to its normal position. The sides of this frame are cut away to receive the hinder-arm, which lays the cord upon.the upper surface of the body in front of the jaw, (see Fig. 3,) and as the body is drawn forward the sides of the frame are utilized to hold the cord stationary, so as to insure its passing under the jaw, and also between the jaw and flange if of the body. (See Fig. 4.) After the cords ICC are severed the binderarni retreats, (before the cord-holder moves backward leaving the end of the cord secured in the cord-holder and laying the cord around the side over the upcord, either during the sheaf, encircling, loop forming or cutting processes, draws the jaw laterally against the flange 71F, clamping or pinching the cord end against the same with force proportioned to the amount of tension upon the cord. The remnant of cord left after each band end is'severed is gradually pushed along by the incoming cords until they drop out.

The bindertable M is composed of bracketcastings m m m, the bases of which are attached to and supported by the base F of the binderframe, whereby the necessity of support at their inner ends is obviated, as such support would interfere with the packing and binding arm points coming up close to the apron U. The brackets are preferably arranged one at each end of the table and one on each side of each of the packing and binding arms, forming slots, through which the said arms pass. The spaces between the slots are covered with any light material.

From the foregoing description the operation of my invention will be readily understood. Briefly stated, the shaft S is supported in journal-boxes on the side of the case F, and maybe connected with a main drivingwheel in any of the well-known ways, by which it will be revolved during the progressive movements of said driving-wheel, and will carry with it the cam-wheel \V and crank S, which, by means heretofore described, will continuously operate the packing and bind ing arms, the roller on the end of the recipro cating bar A resting in the annular groove of the wheel \V until the desired amount ofgrain has been gathered and compacted into asheaf upon the bindertable, when the lever y/ will be brought into action and engagement with the roller on the switch -pin, by which the switch will be thrown across the annular grooves, as seen in Fig. 2, opening the way to the cam-groove it at w for the reception of the roller a on the end of the reciprocating bar A. This groove will carry the roller a to the point to, completing the outward stroke of the bar A, at which point it will pass into the second section of the cam-groove, which will carry the roller a back into the annular groove at to, completing the return-stroke of the bar A, which in its movement will have actuated the cord tying and holding devices.

Having described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a grain-binder, the combination, with a constantly-revolving binder-actuating camwheel having an annular groove, acam-groove, and a spring-pressed switch having a roller on its heel and adapted to open one groove and close the other. so as to direct the knotter-operating bar into one or the other groove, of a finger operated by a trip and adapted to be moved into the path of the roller on the switch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a knotter and a cord-holder, of a reciprocating actuatingbar, A, bifurcated at one of its ends, one prong being provided with a pin, a, for operating the cord-holder, a rack, or", for operating the knotter, and a delay-surface, a", to hold the knotter stationary while the knife and stripper are in operation, and the other prong with a knife,

a, to sever the cord, and a stripper, a", to remove the loop from the knotter, substantially as set forth.

3. A cord-holder, 11, consisting of a main or body portion, it, having a flange, h, the

spring-arm it", having the holding-jaw 71?, the

whole adapted to hold the cord, substantially as described and set forth.

4:. The combination of a shaft, a -binde r; arm, two or more packer-arms secured to said shaft, and means, substantially as described, whereby it is adapted to be operated constantly during the accumulation of the sheaf, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the frame supporting the binder mechanism, the case D, the breast-plate O, and the tying mechanism, the breast-plate secured to and supported by the ease, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the cam-wheel, the cord-holder, and the knotter, of a reciprocating bar havingon one of its ends a roller adapted to the grooves of the cam-wheel, the other end being bifurcated, and one prong provided with a pin to operate the cord-hold er, a rack to rotate the knotter, and a delay surface to hold the knotter stationary while the knife and stripper are in operation, the other prong with a knife to sever the cord and a stripper to remove the loop from the knotter, substantially as described and set forth.

7. The combination, with the horizontal arm F and the spring-metal frame h constructed substantially as described, of the cord holder resting on the bottom of said frame, and consisting, essentially, of a main or body portion having a flange, h, the latter adapted to assist the cord-holding jaw in holding the cord, and the springarm having a cord-holding jaw, h, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, with a cord-knotter and a cord-holder, of a cam-wheel and a bifurcated bar reciproeated thereby, one prong of which is provided with a lug or pin for operating the cord-holder and with a rack-bar for operating the knotter, and the other prong with a cord-cutter and a stripper, substantially as set forth.

- HENRY D. V. BAILEY. \Vitnesses:

H. R. SPENCER, B. J. Dorms. 

